The tourist traffic increased in the Altai region in 2014

The number of tourism enterprises has increased to 946 in the Altai territory. The tourist traffic in the Altai region has increased by 15-20% compared with January 2014 and amounted to 1.62 million people.

"Over the past year, we had 35 new tourist facilities; it confirms the popularity of the region as for tourists and as for investors. The volume of investments in the regional tourism from the state budget was about 500 million rubles, extra - budgetary investments are 1.3 billion rubles", said Deputy Head of the Altai Territory Department of the development of tourist-recreational and sanatoria and health complex Elena Evsyukova.

Today, there is a reorientation of the population needs in the domestic tourism. The implementation of the tourism potential of the region will increase the tourist traffic in the region.